kahloq
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From: Fort Collins,
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Id say you''ve pretty much isolated it to the rx then. FYI, a Nimh or NiCD will gain voltage as it sits for a couple days since theres no load on it(after having been used), but after that....it''ll start to self discharge.
I definitely feel your pain though. I am dreading flying my P-51, my KMP Me-109, My VQ P-40, my B-17, etc because of all the past problems Ive had with various planes. Most of them not at all related to me. In fact, not any where close to your crash, but I lost a plane on sunday simply because one of the lipo cells dropped out while the plane was flying. A 3s going to a 2s really stunts the power, especially on a heavy wingloaded ME-109.
Prior to that, my F-86 tore its retracts out because it wouldnt rise off the runway for some odd reason(though it had flown a few times before no problem).
One week prior, my 60 size Extra 300 went down. Deadstick on a high bank turn. Think it was either a battery voltage issue which caused all control surfaces to go to failsafe or bad fuel. Plane was totaled.
Prior trip to field to that, totaled a H9 Hellcat on maiden(was my fault cuz I had the ailerons backwards and didnt notice)
Prior to that, Kyosho Me-109 dead sticked ripping the firewall off. Broken prop....cant change it now cuz the hex bolt that kept the spinner on is stripped. Will have to cut the aluminum spinner off just to change the prop once the firewall is fixed. Rudder also badly damaged.
Same day, my Sptifire shattered the firewall on a bad bounce landing cuz some dumb moron with a big gasser wouldnt get the hell off the runway and I had to plunk it down short cuz I was real close to LVC.
Prior trip to the field, my H9 Corsair dead sticked and stalled/spun into the ground totalling it. No reason for the motor to quit, it just did.
Previous trip to field, my sons PTS P-51 had a radio lockout and flew around in circles for 3 minutes on its own until it spun in. No control regained. This is the one that had a bad cell in the rx battery. Didnt know it until afterwards.
.........I could go on. Prior to these....in the last year another PTS went down....think that was also a lockout....was on a 72mhz 5 channel. Lost my H9 Spitfire also due to engine out issues(tank too high in the plane...bad design by H9 in my opinion)
Lost an A-10 cuz one motor quit.
Lost an F-16 due to bad hand launch
etc, etc, etc, etc.
Im only listing these to try and make you feel better. Ive lost a lot of stuff and a lot of money down the drain. There are times when I want to quit as well just because of this, but the planes just look so pretty and I like flying. Soemtimes my confidence gets really low regarding flying. But...more often then not, its a mechanical/electrical issue that i have no control over that causes one of my planes to go down and not my piloting skill.
Besides, I stack several plane boxes in the basement so I always can build something if needed. Kinda forces me to stay with the hobby since I have to say to myself...."well...I''ve got so many planes still in boxes, I might as well just build that one now" and I end up accumulating more boxes as I see them. Like, I really want a Fokker D VII and a this and a that....you know....that bug keeps talking to you  Buy it. Buy !! LOL
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